YOU MAY HAVE TO COPY AND PASTE THE LINK SHOWN INTO YOUR BROWSER TO FOLLOW THE LINKS. SOMETHING IS HINKY, LATELY. TRY A RIGHT CLICK ON THE TINY BLUE TEXT..AND open in a new tab FROM THE DROP DOWN MENU.
SEQUIMTECH BLOG - a.k.a. STB
On line since JUNE of 2006.
USE SEARCH TOOL In top of column on the LEFT.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Connectify
ConnectifyTurn your Windows 7 laptop into a WiFi Hotspot to share with friends, co-workers, etc.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Wireless Phones Can Affect The Brain, Swedish Study Suggests
Wireless Phones Can Affect The Brain, Swedish Study Suggests: "Wireless Phones Can Affect The Brain, Swedish Study Suggests"
VoiceThread - Group conversations around images, documents, and videos
VoiceThread - Group conversations around images, documents, and videosGreat instructional tool. Can be collaborative.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
How to Build a Gaming PC [PDF Guide]
How to Build a Gaming PC [PDF Guide]: "MakeUseOf presents its latest PDF release - How to Build a Gaming PC, written by our very own PDF Manual Editor, Simon Slangen. In this guide, we’ll familiarize you with all the different computer components, from a gamer’s point of view. Instead of telling you what to buy, we’ll teach you how to weigh and judge these individual components."
TraceBullet.com - Everything And All Things!
TraceBullet.com - Everything And All Things!Hostname to IP, Check port, ping request, show page contents, show sent headers, whois request...FREE tools.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
SlySoft Virtual CloneDrive
SlySoft Virtual CloneDrive: "Virtual CloneDrive works and behaves just like a physical CD/DVD drive, however it exists only virtually. Image files generated with CloneDVD or CloneCD can be mounted onto a virtual drive from your hard-disk or from a network drive and used in the same manner as inserting them into a normal CD/DVD drive.
Probably the best virtual drive software, Virtual CloneDrive allows you to enjoy the freedom of a virtual drive and is completely free."
Once you download and install and run this, you can associate it with your .iso files and if you have the SPCUG CD .iso for instance, you can run it and access it virutally by clicking on the .iso and using Virtual Clonedrive to access it. The limit on my installation is fifteen virtual drives! -tp.
Probably the best virtual drive software, Virtual CloneDrive allows you to enjoy the freedom of a virtual drive and is completely free."
Once you download and install and run this, you can associate it with your .iso files and if you have the SPCUG CD .iso for instance, you can run it and access it virutally by clicking on the .iso and using Virtual Clonedrive to access it. The limit on my installation is fifteen virtual drives! -tp.
Should You Use Standby or Hibernate? - washingtonpost.com
Should You Use Standby or Hibernate? - washingtonpost.com: "Should You Use Standby or Hibernate?
Most laptops give you a choice, but which mode works best, and why? Answers coming up.
Rick Broida
PC World
Tuesday, November 10, 2009; 12:19 AM
It's an age-old question: When you're done using your laptop, or just taking a break from work, should you put it to sleep, let it hibernate, or turn it all the way off?
Most laptops give you a choice, but which mode works best, and why? Answers coming up.
Rick Broida
PC World
Tuesday, November 10, 2009; 12:19 AM
It's an age-old question: When you're done using your laptop, or just taking a break from work, should you put it to sleep, let it hibernate, or turn it all the way off?
Monday, November 9, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
6 Ways To Set Up Dual Monitors To Be More Productive
6 Ways To Set Up Dual Monitors To Be More Productive: "6 Ways To Set Up Dual Monitors To Be More Productive"
Saturday, November 7, 2009
How to turn an old PC into a media centre | News | TechRadar UK
How to turn an old PC into a media centre | News | TechRadar UK: "How to turn an old PC into a media centre. Play media on your TV with an old PC and XBMC"
How to turn an old laptop into a digital photo frame | News | TechRadar UK
How to turn an old laptop into a digital photo frame | News | TechRadar UK: "How to turn an old laptop into a digital photo frame
Do something useful with that venerable old machine"
Do something useful with that venerable old machine"
Quick Image Downloader: Download Multiple Images At Once
Quick Image Downloader: Download Multiple Images At Once: "Quick Image Downloader is an experimental Firefox add-on that lets you quickly save multiple images displayed on any webpage with a single click"
Head-to-Head - Anonymous Audio/Video Chat
Head-to-Head - Anonymous Audio/Video ChatLonely. Need a chat mate? Turn on your web cam and head to this site.
UPDATE - 12:15, Sat. I used this with my headphone set and web cam. First connection was with Roger in Louisiana. His mic was broken, but the video was good, and he was able to chat using the keyboard to communicate. We tested any delay with audio, and he reported that there was no delay. Nice tool. FREE, fast and easy to install. -tp
Today (11 Nov.), I had a conversation with Alexander. He is a computer student in RUSSIA! Amazing. It's random, so you never know who you will connect with.
UPDATE - 12:15, Sat. I used this with my headphone set and web cam. First connection was with Roger in Louisiana. His mic was broken, but the video was good, and he was able to chat using the keyboard to communicate. We tested any delay with audio, and he reported that there was no delay. Nice tool. FREE, fast and easy to install. -tp
Today (11 Nov.), I had a conversation with Alexander. He is a computer student in RUSSIA! Amazing. It's random, so you never know who you will connect with.
Friday, November 6, 2009
AVG Antivirus and Security Software - Tools download
AVG Antivirus and Security Software - Tools download: "AVG Remover utility removes all parts of AVG installation on your computer, including registry items, installation and user files on your disk, etc. AVG Remover is the least option to be used in case the AVG uninstallation / repair installation process has failed repeatedly."
QMMander – Replace Your Windows Explorer With An Open Source Alternative
QMMander – Replace Your Windows Explorer With An Open Source Alternative: "QMMander – Replace Your Windows Explorer With An Open Source Alternative"
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Google Shows How Much of Your Data is Stored - Tom's Hardware
Google Shows How Much of Your Data is Stored - Tom's Hardware: "Google is today launching a new feature called Dashboard. Designed to give you better control of the data that is being stored on various different Google services, the search giant is labeling Dashboard as another positive step toward user privacy."
NoDrives Manager | Get NoDrives Manager at SourceForge.net
NoDrives Manager | Get NoDrives Manager at SourceForge.net: "NoDrives Manager is a simple tool for hiding Windows logical drives by modifying the registry."
AM-DeadLink - Download FavIcons and detect dead links in your browser bookmarks
AM-DeadLink - Download FavIcons and detect dead links in your browser bookmarks: "AM-DeadLink detects dead links and duplicates in browser bookmarks and text files. If a bookmark has become unavailable you can verify and delete it permanently. Additionally you can download FavIcons for all your Favorites and Bookmarks."
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Tweet Radio | have you heard the bird?
Tweet Radio | have you heard the bird?Search Tweet, and it's read to you.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
How to make Windows XP your default operating system in dual boot with Ubuntu
How to make Windows XP your default operating system in dual boot with Ubuntu
Lots of people are trying out Ubuntu, one of the currently most popular distributions of Linux. Why not? After all, it's free. Many are installing it to dual boot with their Windows OS, which is a good idea since many Windows applications that you may rely on to do your work don't run in Linux. However, you may notice that its boot loader takes over and makes Ubuntu the default operating system, and that might not be what you want. To change that behavior, you need to edit the Grub boot loader menu. Here's how:
1. Boot into Ubuntu
2. Click Applications | Accessories | Terminal to open a command line window
3. At the command prompt, type sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
4. When prompted, type your password
5. In the file, find the following section:
## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
default 0
6. Change the 0 to the number of the Windows boot section, which should be 4 on a typical dual boot system where you installed Ubuntu after XP
7. Save the file with the changes
It's a good idea to back up the file before you edit it. See this page for instructions:
http://www.wxpnews.com/0WJMWV/091103-Default-Operating-System
Lots of people are trying out Ubuntu, one of the currently most popular distributions of Linux. Why not? After all, it's free. Many are installing it to dual boot with their Windows OS, which is a good idea since many Windows applications that you may rely on to do your work don't run in Linux. However, you may notice that its boot loader takes over and makes Ubuntu the default operating system, and that might not be what you want. To change that behavior, you need to edit the Grub boot loader menu. Here's how:
1. Boot into Ubuntu
2. Click Applications | Accessories | Terminal to open a command line window
3. At the command prompt, type sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
4. When prompted, type your password
5. In the file, find the following section:
## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
default 0
6. Change the 0 to the number of the Windows boot section, which should be 4 on a typical dual boot system where you installed Ubuntu after XP
7. Save the file with the changes
It's a good idea to back up the file before you edit it. See this page for instructions:
http://www.wxpnews.com/0WJMWV/091103-Default-Operating-System
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Saturday, October 31, 2009
HTML2Image - software to save web page HTML as an image file
HTML2Image - software to save web page HTML as an image file: "HTML2Image is an application that saves a standard web page as an image file. The HTML code is rendered to common image formats such as png, gif or jpg."
Friday, October 30, 2009
Text Converter
Text Converter: "That and much more makes can be done by the TextOonverter, that can be downloaded on this page. Besides the function 'Find and Replace', there are for example functions to delete lines or text passages, functions to insert text at user-defined positions (for example at the beginning or the end of a file or at a line), but also functions for changing case, inserting line numbers, sorting text or changing special characters in your HTML coding (Named Entities). Alone this function can very helpful for web designers."
Flipbook Printer - Mouser - Software - DonationCoder.com
Flipbook Printer - Mouser - Software - DonationCoder.com: "Flipbook Printer is a program that lets you make your own printed 'Flipbooks' from avi movie files using business cards."
Find Lost Space On Your Hard Disk With Space Sniffer
Find Lost Space On Your Hard Disk With Space Sniffer: "Do you know what is on your system? I mean do you really really know what is occupying your hard drive’s space?
Do you know where your 200GB is on free space? What’s that? You only have 72MB free? What is using all that lost hard drive space? What do you mean you don’t know?
Do you know where your 200GB is on free space? What’s that? You only have 72MB free? What is using all that lost hard drive space? What do you mean you don’t know?
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
SafeMess - Encrypt any message and email for free
SafeMess - Encrypt any message and email for free: "Safe and free encryption service for all your messages.
Protect your emails, chat, IM messages, etc."
Protect your emails, chat, IM messages, etc."
Three timesaving Ctrl-key tricks in Excel | Microsoft Office | TechRepublic.com
Three timesaving Ctrl-key tricks in Excel | Microsoft Office | TechRepublic.com: "Three timesaving Ctrl-key tricks in Excel"
Telecommuters fearing swine flu may clog Web networks, GAO says - washingtonpost.com
Telecommuters fearing swine flu may clog Web networks, GAO says - washingtonpost.com: "Flu-wary telecommuters may clog Web networks, GAO says"
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Main Features of RT v2.3
Main Features of RT v2.3: "Raw Therapee is a free RAW converter and digital photo processing software."
Donwload: http://www.rawtherapee.com/?mitem=3
Donwload: http://www.rawtherapee.com/?mitem=3
Monday, October 26, 2009
Amazon expands Kindle to the PC - News - PC Authority
Amazon expands Kindle to the PC - News - PC Authority: "PC Authority > News > Amazon expands Kindle to the PC
Amazon expands Kindle to the PC
NEWS
Amazon expands Kindle to the PC
by Shaun Nichols on Oct 23, 2009
The company said that its new Kindle Books application will allow Windows PC users to purchase, download and read e-book titles from Amazon's Kindle Store service.."
Amazon expands Kindle to the PC
NEWS
Amazon expands Kindle to the PC
by Shaun Nichols on Oct 23, 2009
The company said that its new Kindle Books application will allow Windows PC users to purchase, download and read e-book titles from Amazon's Kindle Store service.."
Windows 7: Choosing the Right Version - Business Center - PC World
Windows 7: Choosing the Right Version - Business Center - PC World: "Windows 7: Choosing the Right Version"
Download of the Day: Any Video Converter 2.78 :: TweakTown
Download of the Day: Any Video Converter 2.78 :: TweakTown: "Our Download of the Day today is Any Video Converter 2.78.
Any Video Converter is an All-in-One video converting tool with easy-to-use graphical interface, fast converting speed and excellent video quality. It allows you to effortlessly convert video files between every format! It can convert almost all video formats including DivX, XviD, MOV, rm, rmvb, MPEG, VOB, DVD, WMV, AVI to MPEG-4 movie format for iPod/PSP or other portable video device, MP4 player or smart phone. It also supports any user defined video file formats as the output. Any Video Converter makes it easy for anyone to enjoy the any format video with your iPod, PSP, mobile phone or MP4 player."
Any Video Converter is an All-in-One video converting tool with easy-to-use graphical interface, fast converting speed and excellent video quality. It allows you to effortlessly convert video files between every format! It can convert almost all video formats including DivX, XviD, MOV, rm, rmvb, MPEG, VOB, DVD, WMV, AVI to MPEG-4 movie format for iPod/PSP or other portable video device, MP4 player or smart phone. It also supports any user defined video file formats as the output. Any Video Converter makes it easy for anyone to enjoy the any format video with your iPod, PSP, mobile phone or MP4 player."
Welcome to Arktan
Welcome to Arktan: "Arktan is an online service that enables you to aggregate, segment, share and redistribute your blogs, photos, videos and other content you add on multiple websites. It also helps in keeping up-to-date with your friends' latest content on multiple websites."
Sunday, October 25, 2009
HTTrack Website Copier - Offline Browser
HTTrack Website Copier - Offline Browser Download web sites.
How To Safely Uninstall Ubuntu From A Windows Dual-Boot PC
Posted: 24 Oct 2009 01:00 PM PDT
www.makeuseof.com...[A great site and a great daily email available from them.]
Linux is a great operating system and more often than not, it’s the installation of Linux that is the matter of discussion.
For a change, I will be talking about how to uninstall Linux Ubuntu (or other operating systems) from a dual boot windows pc, and still being able to boot into other OS without much work. So let’s get started right away.
Backup your Linux files
It pops up everytime, but backup really is very important. If you have been using your Linux system for some time, chances are you would have created files you wouldn’t want to loose. In such a case, you can boot into Linux, backup your files (check out your Home directory) on an external device or onto a Windows partition.
Alternatively if you somehow managed to mess up and can’t boot into Linux, you can use ext2 IFS which allows you access to your Linux paritions. It can only read ext2 and ext3 filesystems though. If you are using other filesystems, you would have to look around a bit for a similar application. In any case, you can always boot from a Linux live CD to backup files if everything else fails.
Delete Linux Partitions
Next step: delete every Linux partition. That would include everything – boot, swap, home, whatever way you set up your system, it is time to delete all Linux partitions. There are a couple of ways to achieve this, easiest being from within Windows’ Computer Management. You need to:
how to uninstall ubuntu from dual boot windows pc
* Log in to an account with administrative privileges.
* Right click on My Computer, click ‘Manage’.
* Choose ‘Disk Management’ listed under ‘Storage’ and you will see all of your partitions listed there.
how to uninstall ubuntu from dual boot windows pc
Next, you need to identify Linux partitions. The Linux partitions generally don’t have a file system listed with them if Windows doesn’t recognize it, so this can serve as a clue. Other ways can be identifying by size or partition number. You can use partition managers, these are generally better at identifying filesystems. Go ahead, delete the partitions, just make sure you delete the correct ones. Linux is gone and so is GRUB, which allowed you to choose operating system to use at boot time. So currently, you cannot boot into any other operating system, without some help. We are going to fix that soon.
Restore MBR
As we noted, GRUB is gone and so is the ability to boot into Windows. You would now need to boot from the Windows CD/DVD to restore the Master Boot Record. You can also use other Live CDs like one of my absolute favorites and highly recommended HBCD just in case you don’t have Windows installation media handy. Here are the steps:
* Boot from Windows CD/DVD and choose “Repair” when it shows up.
uninstall ubuntu from dual boot pc
* Choose command prompt on the resulting screen and run the following two commands:
o bootrec /fixmbr
o bootrec /fixboot
XP users need to run the recovery console from Windows XP CD and then type fixmbr when at the command prompt.
Reclaim free space
Restart now, remove the CD and you should be able to boot into your Windows installation. Once there, you should go ahead and reclaim the unpartitioned free space which was previously occupied by Linux. Doing so is simple and straight forward:
* Fire up Disk Management as before.
* Right-click on the unparitioned space, choose new partition or new logical drive.
* Specify the size and other options according to your needs and you are done.
The free space should now be accessible from My Computer like any other partition. Alternatively, you can create multiple partitions from the free space or resize existing partitions to suit your needs.You can use utilities like GParted, Easues Partition Master or any one of the many partition managers on HBCD to perform such advanced tasks easily.
www.makeuseof.com...[A great site and a great daily email available from them.]
Linux is a great operating system and more often than not, it’s the installation of Linux that is the matter of discussion.
For a change, I will be talking about how to uninstall Linux Ubuntu (or other operating systems) from a dual boot windows pc, and still being able to boot into other OS without much work. So let’s get started right away.
Backup your Linux files
It pops up everytime, but backup really is very important. If you have been using your Linux system for some time, chances are you would have created files you wouldn’t want to loose. In such a case, you can boot into Linux, backup your files (check out your Home directory) on an external device or onto a Windows partition.
Alternatively if you somehow managed to mess up and can’t boot into Linux, you can use ext2 IFS which allows you access to your Linux paritions. It can only read ext2 and ext3 filesystems though. If you are using other filesystems, you would have to look around a bit for a similar application. In any case, you can always boot from a Linux live CD to backup files if everything else fails.
Delete Linux Partitions
Next step: delete every Linux partition. That would include everything – boot, swap, home, whatever way you set up your system, it is time to delete all Linux partitions. There are a couple of ways to achieve this, easiest being from within Windows’ Computer Management. You need to:
how to uninstall ubuntu from dual boot windows pc
* Log in to an account with administrative privileges.
* Right click on My Computer, click ‘Manage’.
* Choose ‘Disk Management’ listed under ‘Storage’ and you will see all of your partitions listed there.
how to uninstall ubuntu from dual boot windows pc
Next, you need to identify Linux partitions. The Linux partitions generally don’t have a file system listed with them if Windows doesn’t recognize it, so this can serve as a clue. Other ways can be identifying by size or partition number. You can use partition managers, these are generally better at identifying filesystems. Go ahead, delete the partitions, just make sure you delete the correct ones. Linux is gone and so is GRUB, which allowed you to choose operating system to use at boot time. So currently, you cannot boot into any other operating system, without some help. We are going to fix that soon.
Restore MBR
As we noted, GRUB is gone and so is the ability to boot into Windows. You would now need to boot from the Windows CD/DVD to restore the Master Boot Record. You can also use other Live CDs like one of my absolute favorites and highly recommended HBCD just in case you don’t have Windows installation media handy. Here are the steps:
* Boot from Windows CD/DVD and choose “Repair” when it shows up.
uninstall ubuntu from dual boot pc
* Choose command prompt on the resulting screen and run the following two commands:
o bootrec /fixmbr
o bootrec /fixboot
XP users need to run the recovery console from Windows XP CD and then type fixmbr when at the command prompt.
Reclaim free space
Restart now, remove the CD and you should be able to boot into your Windows installation. Once there, you should go ahead and reclaim the unpartitioned free space which was previously occupied by Linux. Doing so is simple and straight forward:
* Fire up Disk Management as before.
* Right-click on the unparitioned space, choose new partition or new logical drive.
* Specify the size and other options according to your needs and you are done.
The free space should now be accessible from My Computer like any other partition. Alternatively, you can create multiple partitions from the free space or resize existing partitions to suit your needs.You can use utilities like GParted, Easues Partition Master or any one of the many partition managers on HBCD to perform such advanced tasks easily.
Hiren's BootCD 10.0 - www.hiren.info
Hiren's BootCD 10.0 - www.hiren.info
Download it here: http://www.hirensbootcd.net Look for DOWNLOAD link on the page.
Hiren's BootCD is a live CD containing various diagnostic programs such as partitioning agents, system performance benchmarks, disk cloning and imaging tools, data recovery tools, MBR tools, BIOS tools, and many others for fixing various computer problems.[2] As it is a bootable CD, it can be useful even if the primary operating system cannot be booted. Hiren's Boot CD has an extensive list of software. Utilities with similar functionality on the CD are grouped together and seem redundant; however, they present choices through different UIs and options in what they can do.
While this collection of tools can be very useful, potential users should note that many of the tools are commercial applications that have not been legally licensed for redistribution, and so download/use/sharing of Hiren's BootCD may be illegal (depending on your legal jurisdiction).
Download it here: http://www.hirensbootcd.net Look for DOWNLOAD link on the page.
Hiren's BootCD is a live CD containing various diagnostic programs such as partitioning agents, system performance benchmarks, disk cloning and imaging tools, data recovery tools, MBR tools, BIOS tools, and many others for fixing various computer problems.[2] As it is a bootable CD, it can be useful even if the primary operating system cannot be booted. Hiren's Boot CD has an extensive list of software. Utilities with similar functionality on the CD are grouped together and seem redundant; however, they present choices through different UIs and options in what they can do.
While this collection of tools can be very useful, potential users should note that many of the tools are commercial applications that have not been legally licensed for redistribution, and so download/use/sharing of Hiren's BootCD may be illegal (depending on your legal jurisdiction).
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Ninite Easy PC Setup and Multiple App Installer - Great For Win7 Upgrades
Ninite Easy PC Setup and Multiple App Installer - Great For Win7 Upgrades: "The easiest way to get apps.
1. Pick the apps you want.
2. Start your customized installer.
3. You're done!"
1. Pick the apps you want.
2. Start your customized installer.
3. You're done!"
University Makes Twitter a Required Class for Journalism Students
University Makes Twitter a Required Class for Journalism Students: "Worried that too many tweets are mere pointless babble? So is Australia’s Griffith University, who recently made Twitter education part of the mandatory courseload for journalism students."
Download details: PowerPoint 2003 Add-in: Producer for PowerPoint 2003
Download details: PowerPoint 2003 Add-in: Producer for PowerPoint 2003: "PowerPoint 2003 Add-in: Producer for PowerPoint 2003
Brief Description
Use Microsoft Producer 2003 for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 to capture and synchronize audio, video, slides, and images, then preview and publish a rich media presentation virtually anywhere for viewing in a Web browser."
Brief Description
Use Microsoft Producer 2003 for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 to capture and synchronize audio, video, slides, and images, then preview and publish a rich media presentation virtually anywhere for viewing in a Web browser."
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